Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-17
A ROYAL LUAU.
His Majesty of Hawaii Entertains re
Sacramentans and Others.


Saeramentans and Others.
The Pacific Commercial Adcertiser OF June
9th, gives all account of the King OF the
Sandwiches entertaining our Sacramento
and Masonic excursionists and others upon
dishes peculiar to the Islanders. 1t says;
On Saturday afternoon his Majesty the
King gave luau at his summer residence,
Waikiki, in honor of Grand Master Il. z.
Atkinson and the visiting Masons. A large
lanai had been erected on the grounds, the
interior of which was tastily decorated.
The Reyal Hawaiian Band was present
and discussed sweet music throughout the
afternoon. Soon after the guests arrived
they went down to the beach and witnessed
some surf-riding. This was followed by
the luau. Among those present, in addi-
ton to the Royal host anu his guests, were:
H L. II. Princess Poomaikelani, their
Highnesses the Princess Keliiahonui and
Kaianianaole, the Chief Justice and Mrs.
Judd, his Excellency Hon. Paul ?. Kanoa,
his Excellency Hon. l.. Ah1lo and Mrs.
Aholo, his Excellency Hon Antoine Rosa,
Vice Chamberlain and Governor of Oahu,
and Mrs. Rosa, Major the Hon. and Mrs.
Parker and Major A. B. Hayley.
The tables, four in number, were spread
with every dish of Hawaiian food that can
be mentioned. and presented very tempt
ing appearance. 1t was one of the most
bountiful repasts ever laid out in this city
la Hawaiian. The visiting Masons were
loud in their praise of the hospitality of
his Majesty.
After ample Justice had been done to the
many good things, his Majesty rose and
said that on last Thursday evening they
were present at banquet, and this after
noon at a native Hawaiian feast. He was
delighted to see such q large gathering.
The Hawaiians were accustomed to give
luaus. He was glad to welcome the Wis
itors to his shores. The sentiments ex-
pressed at the banquet pleased him very
much. He could see on this occasion the
same persons who were present at the ban
quet He would not call upon them to
speak, but asked them to drink the health
of Most Worshipful Grand Master Atzin-
son, and announced that his Excellency
Antoine Rosa would act as interpreter The
toast was drank standing. The Grand
Master addressed his Majesty and her
Royal Highne5s, and, after expressing graf
itude for the sentiment, said:
When | sat down to the banquet given
by our Honolulu brethren at the Royal
Hawaiian Hotel on Thursday evening last
| thought, and so expressed myself at the
time that l beheld a most magnificent
spectacle; but as | now rise to view the
scene before me - this bountiful feast,
which to me is so strange and wonderful
| must acknowledge that it surpasses any,
thing that have ever seen. 1t is an occa-
sion which l shall long remember, and in
coming years | shall tell my children's
children fireside stories about the luau
which ! attended in the Hawaiian Islands.
/ was told before | came here that | could
not eat thing which would be set before
me, but l find it otherwise. / have par
taken of everything within my reach, and
that too with a relish. His Majesty, in
an undertone, here asked the Grand Master
if he had eaten of the dog, and received an
affirmative reply.l His Majesty desires to
know if | have eaten of the dog. My an
swer is that | have done so. and from the
flavor pronounce it a very respectable dog,
too. My stay in your beautiful city has
been one continuous round of pleasure.
In fact, 1 have had so much enjoyment
and am so favorably impressed with the
people and the place that / am about
ready to say, if | can obtain my wife's
consent, that l will make my future home
in Honolulu. Should fail in this, there
will yet be left the gratifying consolation
that when | return to my native country
Sudll Dc dDIt " Ildht III tTleuuS at nOIlS
green with envy over what have seen and
what they have missed. This occasion is
one of deep interest to myself and those
who accompany me, and in conclusion l
desire to thank your Majesty most sincerely
for the magnificent entertainment. The
scene before me | shall never forget. In
the years that are to come it will form a
bright picture, around which memory will
love to finger, and in the language of the
poet / can truly say:
" Long long be my heart with these memories
Like the vase in which roses have oft been dis
titled,
You may, break, you may shattert the vase if you
But the scent of the roses will hang round it
still"
His Majesty then proposed as the next
toast Agriculture, and called upon Sena-
tor William Johnston, Master of the State
Grange of California, to respond, which he
did in a very entertaining and interesting
manner. Other toasts and speeches fol-
lowed, and the occasion concluded most
pleasantly.